Sniffing, or reacting to handler cues?
2012-09-25 15:24:15.789463+00 by
Dan Lyke
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Chicago Tribune Analysis: Tribune analysis: Drug-sniffing dogs in traffic stops often wrong:
But a Tribune analysis of three years of data for suburban departments found that only 44 percent of those alerts by the dogs led to the discovery of drugs or paraphernalia. For Hispanic drivers, the success rate was just 27 percent.
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#Comment Re: made: 2012-09-25 15:51:11.807239+00 by:
meuon
If you can't:
- Train your dog to act like it "alerted" via a subtle cue/command
- Convince someone your dog "alerted" and talk them into showing it to you
You should not be a cop.
What the dog really knows is how nervous/tense his handler is.. which might be a big factor.